Will to Live (1999)
It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home for the abandonment of the original. The film won the Golden St. George and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.
Director: Kaneto Shindō
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Rentaro Mikuni as Yasukichi |
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Shinobu Otake as Tokuko |
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Naoko Ohtani as Yasukichi's lover |
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Akira Emoto as Doctor |
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Yoshiko Miyazaki as Tomoko |
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Choei Takahashi as |
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Akaji Maro as |
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Hideo Kanze as Director of a hospital |
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Aya Mizuno as |
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Masaru Baba as |
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Yuriko Hirooka as |
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Hitoshi Kusanagi as |
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Ai Toyama as |
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Nao Omori as |
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Rinko Kikuchi as |
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Naomasa Musaka as |
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Hisako Hara as |
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Moeko Ezawa as |
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Manabu Muraji as |
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Yasumi Maezawa as |
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Yôko Nakajima as |
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Bokuzo Masana as |
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Rei Natsume as |
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Hideko Yoshida as Old woman at village |
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Masayuki Shionoya as |
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Ei Hamura as |
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Hiromi Nakazato as |
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Masahiko Tsugawa as Village chief |
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Tokuko Watanabe as Village chief's lover |
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Eimei Esumi as Villager |
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Fujio Suga as |
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Shun Ueda as |
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Kikuma Shimoiizaka as |
| Directing | Kaneto Shindō | Director |
| Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Writer |
| Camera | Yoshiyuki Miyake | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Yukio Watanabe | Editor |
| Sound | Hikaru Hayashi | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Jirô Shindô | Producer |